After a campaign scarred by bigotry, it’s become OK to be racist in Britain

The leave campaign has opened up a Pandora’s box of resentment and suspicion – and it’s only going to get worse when Brexit fails to deliver on its promises

Take a look at the hate reports that have come pouring in over the past few days.
In Huntingdon, Polish-origin schoolkids get cards calling them “vermin”, who must “leave the EU”. They come with a Polish translation, thoughtfully enough. From Barnsley, a TV correspondent notes that within five minutes three different people shout, “Send them home.” On Facebook, a friend in east London tells how, while trying to sleep on a hot night, he hears a man bellowing outside his open window: “We’ve got our country back and next I’ll blow that fucking mosque up.

None of this is coincidental. It’s what happens when cabinet ministers, party leaders and prime-ministerial wannabes sprinkle arguments with racist poison. When intolerance is not only tolerated, but indulged and encouraged. "

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After a campaign scarred by bigotry, it’s become OK to be racist in Britain | Aditya Chakrabortty | Opinion | The Guardian